1/6/2007 - Lust for chocolate - is it a sin?

1/6/2007 - Chocolate slavery

I do know a guy who works in Madagascar and main exports over there are chocolates. The people who worked for him are natives and it didn't occurred to me that these people are slaves. What do people mean by slavery? People imported illegally to do cheap labour? I think the world will be wasting time focusing on slavery in the chocolate industry. Why not put a stop on paedophile? I once met a young boy in South Thailand who offered me sexual services for US10 a night. He was barely 12 years old.

1/8/2007 - Slavery

Yeah, that too is slavery. There are indeed many forms of slavery. The people working in the cacao bean industry in Ivory Coast are also usually children, who don't get paid a nickel and get beaten up or killed when trying to escape. It's so difficult to decide what to focus on, eh? I too think that no effort will be enough to change anything, and yes it's easier to stop these pedophiles who travel to Thailand to abuse children there.

Oh well, there are so many futile and even foolish initiatives out there. Over here in Amsterdam there's a Colombian guy who runs an organization that wants people from Northern Canada to take their huskies indoors, while every sane person know that doing just that is real animal mistreatment.

1/19/2007 - G'day to you!

I am happy to report that we got a little rain and it has helped dull all the fires a bit and given the fire fighters a much needed break from the awful heat and action. Our garden is rejoicing at last, but we need a deluge if we are going to crack this drought.
I would happily bag up, some of this hot, hot weather and burning sun and send it your way if I could work out a way. And you could send over some buckets, of lovely h20 for me. Take care and thanks for your welcome comment. Love and ((((hugs)))) from Dawnie.